Good Neighbor

This is a very smart little film. And to see little Winnie Cooper all grown up is great. The acting is great and the direction superb. You have to watch it twice!! If you think you know what is going to happen next you are probably just guessing. Tobin Bell (SAW) is outstanding in this little thriller. I know they must not have had a lot of money to make this film, but it turned out great. It is better than most things on screen today. Catch it when you can. Where ever it is released. Billy Dee is at his smoothest. The feeling you get when you watch this little movie is that making a good little film can still happen. It doesn't take a huge budget or enormous special effects to tell a great story with more twists and turns than a roller coaster. Be sure to see this one!

Released in the UK as The Killer Next Door by a label who were known for low budget movies, this is bottom of the barrel crap. A college girl with a troubled past suspects that her two male neighbours are serial killers. One is played by Tobin Bell and he does give a creepy performance, but I bet this is one movie that he'd rather keep quiet about. Everything (bar Bell) is terrible. The acting, the extremely bad dialogue, lousy attempts at comedy (pull my finger fart joke) and the twist at the end, all very poor. Nothing here to warrant it being certified an 18. Could've sworn that I saw Vin Diesel for a speechless couple of seconds (?). I picked this up dirt cheap on DVD so I'm not complaining, I just couldn't recommend this to anybody other than die hard Bell fans.

This film, seemingly, went straight to cable TV. That should tell you something. The plot has Danica McKellar (Winnie, from the Wonder Years)as a dysfunctional college student living in a house with a female roommate. New neighbors (two men) move in next door, and she quickly becomes curious about them. They make it know that her curiosity is unwelcome, and she then becomes suspicious about their activities. Soon, she realizes they're serial killers, but no one will believe her, not even the police. That is, until Billy Dee Williams, who plays an outcast detective, helps prove her correct. The storyline is far-fetched, illogical and just plain stupid. If you're a Danica McKellar fan, there is little new here but her cursing for the first time. She's still sweet, vulnerable Winnie, only with an occasional foul mouth. This isn't Billy Dee Williams shining moment on film, either. On a scale from 1 to 10, (with 10 being outstanding), this film is a solid 1!

-The acting was bad.

-The Script was bad.

-The actors themselves were bad.

-The idea behind the movie was a good one, but whoever decided that they should be the one's to write it were sadly mistaken.

-There were way to many cliches, and horrible jokes.

-I don't reccomend this movie to anyone.

This movie isn't the greatest but it does feature interesting work from Billy Dee Williams. Certainly not his best performance but he's got an interesting take on the character.

The movie is put together well and if it doesn't thrill you, that's one thing but it's certainly not as bad as many movies that you'll find at your local video store.